Wow.... exaggeration may be an understatement! O.o
I admit, my eldest kid is 11, so not there yet, but I see him interacting with just about everyone in his class... the same goes for my other kids. They interact mostly with boys, of course, it's natural.... but also with girls.
The US and UK seem to have a problem with boys in a classroom... I don't get it... around here... yes, there is the occasional kid who just can't seem to stay seated... but most are normal... hence the word: normal. But normal here... isn't normal there.... is it?
When I was a kid, those misbehaving types got to face the wall for an hour or so and that would curb their unwanted behavior...
Then along came the 90's and the "pedopsychologists" with all their theories about not punishing kids when they misbehave... just offer positive reinforcement.
Now, you have kids with a bunch of delusions of grandeur... which get shot down by one girl rejecting them.... they're not used to handle a "no". They spent their childhood only getting "yes"s.
Instead, people could learn a thing or two from wildlife... children play, lion cubs play, chimp cubs play... and, as they play, they learn the rules of social engagement, of material resistance, of tool usage... they learn to become adults.
Some of the children of the 90's never learned how to be adults... so they never became adults.... now they find they can't play the adult game and run away... but there's no momma to run to, so... they just close up.... I guess it's better than the alternative...
I admit, my eldest kid is 11, so not there yet, but I see him interacting with just about everyone in his class... the same goes for my other kids. They interact mostly with boys, of course, it's natural.... but also with girls.
The US and UK seem to have a problem with boys in a classroom... I don't get it... around here... yes, there is the occasional kid who just can't seem to stay seated... but most are normal... hence the word: normal. But normal here... isn't normal there.... is it?
When I was a kid, those misbehaving types got to face the wall for an hour or so and that would curb their unwanted behavior...
Then along came the 90's and the "pedopsychologists" with all their theories about not punishing kids when they misbehave... just offer positive reinforcement.
Now, you have kids with a bunch of delusions of grandeur... which get shot down by one girl rejecting them.... they're not used to handle a "no". They spent their childhood only getting "yes"s.
Instead, people could learn a thing or two from wildlife... children play, lion cubs play, chimp cubs play... and, as they play, they learn the rules of social engagement, of material resistance, of tool usage... they learn to become adults.
Some of the children of the 90's never learned how to be adults... so they never became adults.... now they find they can't play the adult game and run away... but there's no momma to run to, so... they just close up.... I guess it's better than the alternative...
